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National Writers' Conference & Online
Club Critique
How and why should one write deeply engaged, contemplative, and authentic criticism? From literature to food, music to screen, join these writers as they consider the purpose and scope of criticism, what role criticism has in the arts, as well as hopes and ambitions for the future of the form.
Saturday 17 June, 12:30pm
Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
Dan Hogan
Dan Hogan (they/them) is a writer and teacher from San Remo, NSW (Awabakal and Worimi Country).
Jinghua Qian
Jinghua Qian (ey/eir/em) is a writer who works across prose, verse, audio and television.
Prithvi Varatharajan
Prithvi Varatharajan is a poet, essayist/critic, and sometimes literary audio producer who lives in Melbourne.
Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Vyshnavee Wijekumar is a freelance critic, arts worker and writer of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage.
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Saturday 17 June, 3pm
The Grant Scheme of Things
A session all about grants and funding for writers – do they exist, how do you get one, and what do you do once you do have one?
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EWF X Chicken Salt Baes
Tune in to experience the Chicken Salt Baes, an all-Indigenous Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party, on the next installment of their epic adventure as part of EWF23!
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Friday 16 June, 10am
Masterclass: Memoir
A masterclass all about memoir. From reading it to writing it!
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Saturday 17 June, 4:15pm
On the Cutting Room Floor
Hear from authors on how they go about whittling down their words to the ones that matter the most, and what they do with the ones they cut.
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